…time, APSA’s national meetings left significant space for those who dissent from predominant narratives and approaches. And APSA says it remains committed to open inquiry and free speech. Article 1,…
…is that employers can no longer trust a college degree to indicate the quality of a job applicant. Grading at liberal arts colleges is especially open to these “relaxed standards,”…
…permanent. A difficult policy decision awaits governing bodies: Will there be fair competition in women’s sports, or will there be “inclusion”?According to Mayo Clinic physiologist Michael Joyner, “the emerging evidence…
…policy, no matter how lofty the intentions may sound. Fortunately, Abigail Fisher has announced she will appeal the Fifth Circuit’s decision. This leaves the door open for the Supreme Court…
Eight years ago, the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal partnered with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) to evaluate policies and regulations affecting free speech rights…
…acceptable.” Among critical free speech issues, censorious tendencies seem to be rising, but these tendencies follow liberal social norms prevalent among the American elite and upper-middle class. For example, around…
…Sometimes, though, a class will touch on something that really interests a student or two. Then they will dig into that point on their own, just as Mitra’s “hole in…
…will finally be successful?” Silly wabbit. Lucky for him he’s retired, otherwise I’m afraid he’d be compelled to public confessions followed by some sort of auto-da-fe! Of course this will…
This essay, by Sam Hieb, is the latest installment of a Clarion Call special series, “If I Knew Then What I Know Now,” which offers different perspectives of the college…
…of Law had such an opportunity—a grant to become one of only a handful of law schools devoted to the study of state constitutions. But it was not to be….